“There is a growing conviction among policy experts that it may be time to reevaluate how we compensate public employees — that public pay is too heavily skewed toward deferred compensation, which can hide a full accounting of the costs from the public while pushing a significant portion of those costs onto future generations.” via Why We Need to Re-Think Public Employees’ Compensation.

http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/new-poll-shows-quinn-44-42-advantage-over-rauner/tue-09302014-244pm Comment: Looking at the poll question, Chad Grimm, the Libertarian candidate, was not included as a choice, so this may be worse for Rauner than it appears. Grimm has polled up to 5% before, probably taken out of Rauner voters.

http://politics.suntimes.com/article/washington/big-labor-investing-turnout-quinn-illinois-democrats/tue-09302014-1110am

Designed to aid poorer downstate districts, critics say the bill would devastate some suburban Chicago districts. http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/bill-would-give-schools-more-money/article_3390e9d3-c88b-5f28-8ffa-04fdf8abbd3b.html

Politics is and has been a full-contact sport in this state for a long time. http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/whats-the-matter-with-illinois/34112.article

Republican governor candidate Bruce Rauner doesn’t want state legislative leaders to hold outside jobs. So what do the Republican leaders think about that? http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/09/29/illinois-legislative-leaders-weigh-in-on-rauners-position-on-holding-outside-jobs/